Nearly 500 Pilot Whales Stranded in Australia; 380 Dead

More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died.
Nearly 500 Pilot Whales Stranded in Australia; 380 Dead
Members of a rescue crew stand with a whale on a sand bar near Strahan, Australia on Sept. 22, 2020. Brodie Weeding/Pool Photo via AP
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HOBART, Australia—More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country.

Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars near the remote coastal town of Strahan on the southern island state of Tasmania.